LLSL
2209

Detectives North and South: From Poe to Today

Eugene Lang College Lib Arts: Literary Studies

Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
Detectives North & South
Spring 2024
Taught By: Juan Decastro
Section: A

CRN: 14679

Credits: 4

This course studies the evolution of detective fiction from its invention in the stories of Edgar Allan Poe in the 19th century to the present. In addition to reading writers from the United States and Great Britain, such as Agatha Christie, who helped transform detectives into a mainstay of popular fiction, we also study Latin American and African American authors who found in this genre a means with which to investigate and represent social and political injustice. In addition works by Poe and Christie, we will study stories and novels by Jorge Luis Borges, Raymond Chandler, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, and Walter Mosley, among others.

After the first week of the semester, permission of the instructor will be required in order to register for this course.

College: Eugene Lang College Lib Arts (LC)

Department: Literary Studies (LIT)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 18

Add/Drop Deadline: February 4, 2024 (Sunday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 16, 2024 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 5:06am EDT 3/29/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday, Thursday
Times: 12:00pm - 1:40pm
Building: Johnson/Kaplan 66 West 12th
Room: 615
Date Range: 1/23/2024 - 5/9/2024